Identification of invasion status using a habitat invasibility assessment model: The case of Prosopis species in the dry zone of Myanmar

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-94

  Aung, Thiri ^a   Koike, Fumito ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dry zone; Habitat invasibility; Invasion status; Local plant community; Mesoscale environment; Myanmar; Prosopis

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT TYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEGUME; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION;

MYANMAR;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 84929659813     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.04.016     Document Type: Article

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